These days, practically every major news network has employed some drop-dead gorgeous anchors to deliver the headlines. WCDC: Morning Anchor for News10 ABC 6,7,8,9 a.m. Monday-Friday which resulted in WTEN swapping affiliations with WAST (channel 13, now NBC-affiliated WNYT) on October 23, 1977, thus returning ABC back to channel 10 (WPRI-TV had switched to ABC from CBS that June and would eventually reaffiliate with CBS in September 1995, nine years after WTEN's former owners, Capital Cities, completed its acquisition of ABC in January 1986). Getting Answers: does our soul survive bodily death? He has also worked at a number of other radio and television stations, including: WCVF, Fredonia, NY; WZIR, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY; WDOE, Dunkirk, NY; WNMB, North Myrtle Beach, SC; KPRC-TV, Houston, TX. Many of the vendors come to the fair year-after-year, including one jewelry maker who is 81-years young. News anchor Jerry Gretzinger in July 2012. Owned by Young Broadcasting and, Schenectady, New York You can read Pollak's departure note here. Streeter recalled driving to Altamont to meet Sanford and said she fell in love with the village, which felt like a Norman Rockwell painting.. WCDC-TV was a straight simulcast of WTEN; the only on-air references to the station were during Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly legal identifications. WJAR radio sounds like they could use a vist from the company Dick Wood does the commercial for Quick Response the help clean up after a disaster !! The Latest News and Updates in Meet the Team brought to you by the team at NEWS10 ABC: Dan Bazile joined Spectrum News in April 2018 after previously working at WNYT, NewsChannel 13. Kristi Gustafson Barlette is a features writer who writes about what is trending in your life and in hers. At WYBN we feel that the big competitor is Netflix & Amazon Prime etc. UHF stations have never covered large areas or rugged terrain very well. Dan Burke (Station manager) 1960-66 became President and CEO of CapCities/ABC before retiring in 1995 when Company was sold to Disney. At the top of the hour he started the newscast by apologizing for using a Barnyard Expression. Alfreida Graves (Reporter) she was station's first African-American reporter in the early 1970s. WTEN and the operations of WXXA became part of "Nexstar Media Group. But Streeter still found herself drawn to the news and realized her true calling remained in journalism, she said. Instead, Time Warner digital systems in Berkshire County offers those services in the same channel slots. Grammy-nominated singer and actor Chris Isaak will be performing at MGM Springfield on November 26 as part of his Christmas tour. Wood spent 10 years at WJAR before moving to WTEN in 1973. WCDC began broadcasting on February 5, 1954 as WMGT ("Mount Greylock Television") on UHF channel 74, the highest channel to ever be used by a full-power television station in U.S. history. , 20 things you don't know about me: Ali Lupo, The FI Couple, 20 things you don't know about me: Becky Daniels, 20 things you don't know about me: Lisa Barone, Overit. Worked at, Ralph Vartigian (Longtime host of the children's program "The Good Ship News as 'Commander Ralph' and "Young People's News" in the late 70's as 'Mr. That was news to Wood,. [27] On October 26, 2011, WTEN became the second station in Albany to upgrade its newscasts to high definition level.[28]. WCDA (1956-1957) This was because the purchases gave Capital Cities more VHF television stations than the FCC permitted at the time. WTEN is the ABC -affiliated television station for the Capital District of New York State and Western New England that is licensed to Albany. For most of its history, WTEN was a solid runner-up to WRGB, especially after moving its transmitter to Voorheesville. This week marks the first day of school for many across western Massachusetts. I left WRGB to follow Nick to WTEN.now this!! WTEN (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Albany, New York, United States, serving the Capital District as an affiliate of ABC. February 13, 2017. UMass Amherst held a community brunch Tuesday honoring the National Day of Racial Healing, which comes a day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The more tough lessons early on, the fewer errors you make later. However, it did not upgrade to high definition until WTEN-DT signed-on. The WCDB call sign would return to the air in 1978 for the student-run radio station at University at Albany. I remember him saying a swear word during one of those 10 second promos about 20 minutes before the news came on. WTEN signed-on its digital signal on UHF channel 26 in 2004 and began offering high definition service right from the start. Seems suspicious. Upon Knight-Ridder's exit from broadcasting in 1989, WTEN and sister station WKRN-TV in Nashville were sold to Young Broadcasting. First Nick now Greg but the young lady meteorologist hangs on. She had a baby earlier this year and will focus on (her) family, according to her good-bye. She had a baby earlier this year and will "focus on (her) family," according to her good-bye. Stephanie Rivas is a journalist. [5] This signed off in 1957 after WCDA moved its transmitter closer to Albany, making WCDB redundant even though it did provide some primary CBS coverage to Utica. Lake began working for daily and weekly newspapers while attending State University of New York at Fredonia. Before the sale could be completed, Knight-Ridder signed an affiliation deal with ABC. John (Stewart) Mucci - Co host 'Dialing for Dollars' with Vartigian in the mid to late 60's (retired). This was part of a test of the network with sister stations WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin and KRON-TV in San Francisco. Who was the male reporter on Channel 10 who did most of the lead stories at 11pm during the week? of MSNBC, who Capital Region audiences knew as Chris Kapostasy, with More magazine Editor in Chief Leslie Jane Seymour on Sept. 27, 2012 in New York. The offices of News 10 ABC and Fox 23 in Albany. [8] Tune to channel 10 using PSIP.[9][10]. Subscriptions open full access to our work and make it possible. Hmm, WCDC: The case was reportedly settled out of court. Higher valuations mean higher taxes and one western Massachusetts community is reeling over their third quarter property tax bills. Following its purchase of several broadcast properties from Triangle Publications, Capital Cities had to sell off two VHF stations to stay within the FCC's limit of five stations per owner at the time. He was bounced around a bit over at the station as WTEN settled into a morning meteorologist (I wrote about that here). Giving on 10. In 1966, the old studio in North Greenbush was burned down by a fire caused by arson, but the station's owner donated its old transmitter to WRPI radio. Despite an influx of more than $2.5 billion dollars in coronavirus funds, many Massachusetts school districts have been slow to put that money to work. 10 will no longer be on My TV lineup.Your management should be the ones to be let go. Management really screwed up by letting Him go. After working at the Missouri School for the Blind, Streeter returned to the University of Missouri at age 25, earning a masters degree in journalism. Gray co-anchors the 5, 6 and 10 p. Dick Wood spent almost 50 years in broadcasting and was the main man on WTEN. Sure, Fox's female anchors likely worked their asses off to get to where they are today, but the fact many of them are perfect 10s probably didn't hinder their career path.Join Facts Verse as we reveal who we think are the hottest news anchors on Fox. Mammograms are considered the gold standard for detecting breast cancer early. In the spring of 1956, satellite station WCDB on UHF channel 29 in Hagaman was launched to reach areas where the main signal could not. Images via Facebook, Twitter and WTEN.com. Here is a complete list of nearly every experienced Meteorologists nearby. When the FCC allocated two additional VHF channels to Albany, Hudson Valley sought and received permission to move to channel 10. WAMC now owns the facility itself, but not the land beneath, which is under lease with the MDCR until 2025, and will fundraise in order to rebuild their financial reserves.[26]. WCDC's digital signal on UHF channel 36 signed on nearly eighteen months before WTEN's did. By November 1954, WROW-TV was losing money prompting the company's original owners to sell its 88% controlling stake to a New York City-based syndicate group led by legendary radio broadcaster/author Lowell Thomas and his manager/business partner Frank Smith (who later became president of Hudson Valley Broadcasting). Commercial truck drivers are still in dire need nationwide and some transportation companies said the process of getting a CDL license in Massachusetts has prospective drivers spinning their wheels. WCDC's signal reliably covers the western half of Massachusetts, Southern Vermont, Northern Connecticut, and Southwestern New Hampshire. Wednesday was Connecticut Day at The Big E. Tuesday was Rhode Island Day at The Big E. Day one of The Big E was Military Appreciation Day and all active-duty military and veterans got in for free. Previously, a radio news reporter for, Dick (Hill) McCarthy, (anchor, 1970s, later in communications for New York state. Tests show students across the board saw learning loss due to the pandemic, but English learners were particularly impacted. Meteorologist Greg Pollak is also leaving channel 10. [2] This signed-off in 1957 after the WCDA move rendered WCDB superfluous even though it did provide some primary CBS coverage to Utica. Tracy Egan (5:30 p.m. anchor, 1994-2008) Now the executive director of the New York State Breeding and Development Fund. Yesterday was his last day on the air. Her career includes 30 years at the television station WTEN, or News10 ABC, where she first worked as a reporter before becoming a news anchor. She grew up watching her father, television anchor Howard Streeter, on stations in Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; and St. Louis. It was owned by the Hudson Valley Broadcasting Company, operating alongside WROW radio (590 AM). In her time at WTEN, she anchored live from the Saratoga Race Course, hit the campaign trail for the . Tips: [email protected] News, weather pics: [email protected] Local questions: [email protected] I think that video has such an impact, she said, of her decision to work in television news. Lake was the primary co-anchor at NBC 10 from March 2003 until December 7, 2012. WTEN began broadcasting on October 14, 1953 as WROW-TV on UHF channel 41. Upcoming concerts in the Capital Region. On WTEN-DT2, Time Warner digital channel 554, and live streaming video on its website is the "News 10 Storm Tracker Weather Channel". Dr. Julio Martinez-Silvestrini from Baystate Rehabilitation Care spoke with Western Mass News to discuss shoveling safety. Josh Elliot was abruptly fired by CBS News on Monday and escorted out of the building by security. [25], On December 22, 2017, WAMC entered into an agreement to purchase the Mount Greylock transmitter and tower from Nexstar for just above $1 million. Roger Wyland, left, with WNYT (NBC-13) colleague Chris Onorato in 2012. He's been bounced around a bit over at the station as WTEN settled into a morning meteorologist (I wrote about that here). In November 2009, WNYT's newscasts slipped back to third place largely resulting from its owner Hubbard Broadcasting deciding to terminate many of its popular news team members. Streeter recalled going to the newsroom with her father who also created Emmy Award-winning documentaries. WROW-TV was owned by Hudson Valley Broadcasting Company along with WROW-AM 590. The two stations shared space inside a former retirement home for nuns on a farm dirt road in the town of North Greenbush, near Troy. Its regional weather radar is known as "News 10 Storm Tracker HD Doppler". Wednesday was Salute to Agawam Day at The Big E. Tuesday marked Salute to Chicopee Day at The Big E. Monday marked Salute to Springfield Day at The Big E and we spent some time on the fairgrounds to learn more about the celebrations we can expect for the special day and highlighted some of our local vendors. A disturbing crime is targeting teen boys. In 2005, WTEN launched a 24-hour local weather channel, known as the "News 10 Storm Tracker Weather Channel", on a new second digital subchannel. She and her husband have three children together. Albany County, New York, Crossgates is behind on its loans again, down on income, still fighting assessment, Rifkin says musical instruments can be instruments of change, Do fast food workers get their tips? By this time, the market had expanded to cover not only east-central New York, but also large swaths of southwestern Vermont and western Massachusetts. Bob Kovachick (chief meteorologist at WTEN, April 1977-1986) Now at, Bob McNamara (Sports Reporter) early to late 60's before moving to WRGB sometime in early 70's and later to, Dan Murphy (Sports Director from 1992-2005 and previously weekend sports), later host of "Murphy's Law" on, Rip Rowan (Sports anchor from 1968-86) later worked for the, Brian Sinkoff (Sports Director from 2005-2008) now host of, John Spadafora (Weekend sports anchor from 1992-2005) now heads communications for the Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce, Ken Chenault (Reporter, 1985?-1988) Recently worked for. [6] However, Gray Television (who now operates the station) is currently in talks to purchase WTEN and six other stations from Young Broadcasting. Meteorologist Greg Pollak is also leaving Channel 10. He was formerly the solo anchor of WCAU 's NBC 10 News at 6 p.m. and co-anchor of NBC 10 News at 4 with Dawn Timmeney and NBC 10 News at 11 p.m. with Renee Chenault-Fattah. Mary is a proud graduate of Syracuse Universitys Newhouse School where she studied broadcast journalism and was a member of the D1 Womens Rowing Team. Restaurant Rundown. In the revolving door that is television news, were seeing four departures over at WTEN (News 10 ABC) this past week. The tower location on Mount Greylock (part of a state reserve) helped WMGT serve first as the market's secondary affiliate of DuMont and later as a major boost to WCDA. He's now headed over to WNYT to join their weather team. Nol McLaren, who anchored the weekend news over at WTEN, is also leaving. In the spring of 1956, the station's call letters were changed to WCDA (for "Capital District Albany")[4] and a satellite station, WCDB (channel 29) in nearby Hagaman, New York was launched to reach areas in the northern portion of the market where the main signal didn't penetrate. Although there were no separate title openings or local cut-ins provided during the broadcasts, there was coverage of Western Massachusetts and Southwestern Vermont. These days, 22 percent of couples meet online and end up getting engaged, according to a survey by wedding website The Knot, and dating experts said building your relationship online can foster deeper connections and lead to stronger marriages. Chris Onorato, WNYT-TV sports reporter and master of ceremonies for An Evening to Remember Gala, a benefit for the Upstate Northeastern New York Chapter of Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, at Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia on Nov. 4, 2016. Streeter had roots in the area as her sister lived in North Adams, Massachusetts, and her father grew up in Dorset, Vermont. A common motivating factor for the reporters appears to be a desire to spend more time with family. Lydia Kulbida, now a News10 and Fox23 co-anchor, pictured with her husband, Nicholas Kulbida, in February 2017. 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